Director/producer/co-writer James Sizemore taught himself from scratch on how to do the makeup and effects for his film "Demon's Rook," which was recently released on iTunes and VOD by Tribeca Film. Here in a guest post for Indiewire, Sizemore explains how to create DIY special effects.

The creator of "Married" didn't arrive at FX out of nowhere; before Andrew Gurland headed up a TV show starring Nat Faxon, Judy Greer and Paul Reiser, he was an independent filmmaker who was also one of the founders of the New York Underground Film Festival. Below, we find out how his career moved f...